500 Csaba Balogh Beside these, the imagery of kingship in Isa 33,13-24 is particularly important. As noted, vv. 17 and 21 presuppose an indirect form of theocracy. The human king appears to be an anti-type of the foreign ruler in several respects. First, the appearance of the new monarch in Jerusalem in v. 17 is contrasted with the disappearance of the oppressors in vv. 18-19 (109). Second, characterising the new king as hwhy ryda contrasts him with the Assyrian king, the former [hwhy] ryda of Isa 10,34 or yndal ≈maw qzj of Isa 28,2 (Isa 28 was also cited by 33,19!). Third, presenting the new king as protective μyrhn and μyray reminds the reader of Isaiah of Isa 8,7-8, in which Assyria is compared to a mighty river (μybrhw μymwx[h rhnh), overflowing all its banks, swirling over and washing away the land of Immanuel. In the above mentioned 28,2.15.17-18, the enemy is a sweeping flood passing through YHWH’s country, which feels itself secure without YHWH’s protection (110). μyrhn and μyray may also allude to the Euphrates and the Nile, and implicitly to the northern and southern border of the empire of the new Davidic king (111). The description of Jerusalem as a royal city compared to a tent (lha) shows a link with Isa 4,2-6; 16,4-5 and 32,1-2 (cf. also dywd tks in Am 9,11). Isa 4,2-6 combines the imagery of kingship (hwhy jmx / ≈rah yrp) with the protection offered to Zion. Over against the enemy symbolised as a rainstorm (28,2), 4,5-6 speaks about canopy (hpj), hut (hks; cf. Ps 76,2), refuge (rwtsm) and shelter (hsjm; cf. also Isa 25,4; Ps 46,2). In Isa 16,4-5, the king in the tent of David (lha) offers protection for refugees. In Isa 32,1-2, the righteous king and his officers are compared to a shelter (rts) before a rainstorm and to streams of waters (μymAyglp) on a dry place. The secure dwelling alongside a watery place brings Isa 33,6+13- 24 particularly close to Isa 32. The scene of destruction in 32,14 is expanded there with the promise of restoration, described in a language close to Isa 33. According to 32,18 the people live in a secure settlement (μwlv hwnb) and an untroubled resting place (twnnav tjwnmb; cf. ˆnav hwn in 33,20). The prosperity of its abode (ˆkvm; cf. lha in 33,20) is to last for ever (μlw[Ad[, 32,17; cf. 33,6.20). In both cases prosperity is the result of fpvm and hqdx (32,16-17) and both emphasise the presence of great rivers (32,20 | 33,21). These two texts, both formally designed (109) Cf. “you will see” (v. 17), “you will not see” (v. 19). (110) Cf. also Isa 17,12-13; Ps 77,17-20. (111) See Gen 15,18; Deut 11,24; Jos 13,2-7; 2 Sam 8,3; 1 Kgs 4,21.